It’s just over a week until Christmas and the weather is absolutely abysmal here in the UK – the most wonderful time of the year they say! At least there’s video games to keep us all occupied. You know the drill by now, right?

Sammy Barker, Editor

I’ve only gone and started Persona 5, haven’t I? Despite plugging four hours into the RPG last night, nothing has happened, so my experience is going pretty much exactly as I expected it to so far. I'll be committing the entirety of my weekend to working through the intro.

Robert Ramsey, Associate Editor

A bit of everything this weekend as I look to avoid social gatherings and get stuck into some holiday gaming. Destiny 2 is likely on the menu alongside Tekken 7, and I'll maybe squeeze in some... Dare I say it... Bloodborne.

Graham Banas, Reviewer

I'm going to be seeing Star Wars so I'll probably spend the rest of the weekend thinking about how I saw Star Wars. Maybe a little time for some NHL 18 as well, though. And I've got Gorogoa burning a whole in my pocket that I'm desperate to play on Steam, too.

Simon Fitzgerald, Reviewer

I thought I'd Switch things up this weekend by turning to the dark side... Although I'm not sure you can call Nintendo that. Anyway, I'll be giving The End is Nigh a go on the Nintendo Switch. And by giving a go, I really mean getting so frustrated by a seemingly impossible level that I'll probably end up launching my Joy Cons at the nearest wall.

Stephen Tailby, Reviewer

Though I've played a good amount of Gang Beasts already, I'd like to sample a little more of its online side before I lock down my review, which you'll be able to read soon. Other than that, there's also a certain farm I've been neglecting in Stardew Valley. If I get a spare moment (or few hours), I'll hop back in to harvest some blueberries, do a spot of fishing, and give the townsfolk terrible presents.

Victor Nowogurski, Moderator

Just like last week, not much time for gaming with the holidays looming closer and closer. That said just some Call of Duty: WWII and if I get lucky a bit more of Chrono Trigger.

You know the drill by now! What are you playing this weekend? Buckle up in the comments section below and let us know.

Well, since I finished the incredibly fantastic A Hat in Time last night, I think I'm going to start on Dead Rising 4 and I'll get the new DLC for Shantae Half-Genie Hero downloaded and give that a whirl as well.

"Despite plugging four hours into the RPG last night, nothing has happened, so my experience is going pretty much exactly as I expected it to so far. I'll be committing the entirety of my weekend to working through the intro."

I've got back into Pokemon Moon quite well so think I might have that finished before Christmas. Also nearing the end of Assassin's Creed Origins so that should be done by next weekend too. If I had completed it a few weeks ago I think I would have ranked it in my best games of the year in the forum poll.

The holiday spirit has put me in a fighting mood Guilty Gear xrd Rev 2 and Injustice 2 for me.

Also bought Sebastien Loeb Rally Evo for 9.99 EUR a while ago. It doesn't look anywhere near as good as Dirt but it has a very decent Career mode, a huge amount of content and some fun challenges. It helps to improve my driving in other games as well.

I'll be finishing my last day of my second play through on South Park Fractured But Whole for hopefully the Token trophy to pop this time with my plat. Morgan Freeman did recognize my blackness so here's hoping it pops. If it does it will get me to my goal of 12 plats this year. After that it will be some Bayonetta 1 on PS3 and a little For a 18 Mia San Mia!

I’m back to playing Uncharted Lost Legacy and I’m throwing in some fighters. Street Fighter V and King of Fighters 14. For Switch I’ll be playing Mario Kart 8, Gunvolt, and a few Neo Geo games.@KirbyTheVampire, what world are you in Odyssey?

There is very little I love in this world more than Star Wars, so just Battlefront II and Super Star Wars on PS4. I'm seeing The Last Jedi tomorrow, and I'm very, very excited! Perhaps a little bit more Zelda DLC on Switch, but we'll see.

I doubt I'll be getting much gaming time this weekend as tommorow I need to wrap up presents,write out cards and I suppose maybe put the Christmas tree and decorations up too..but when I do manage to get some time I'll be continuing Wolfenstein 2 which I'm loving and Super Mario Odyssey on Switch.
Seeing the free dlc for Resident Evil VII I'm tempted to go back to the main game as I never finished it...(not that I got too scared or anything..).

I bought an Aim controller last night, so this weekend, I have been mostly eating Doom VFR and Farpoint.

I've been playing Farpoint since getting up today and I've had my first ever VR accident. I've played before using the DS4, and when the gun overheats, I instinctively swipe the leaping spiders away from my face with the pad.

That technique didn't work so well with the Aim controller, as I forgot about the length of the device. The end of the controller made contact with a full pint of coffee, on the living room table, with enough force to launch it across the room and into the nearest wall, forcing a QRF mopping-up action to be immediately put in place, armed with a special rag.

I’ve already put some time into Destiny 2 this weekend. Despite the poor reviews of the DLC, the slight improvements to the end game have made me come back hungry to grind to max power level on my warlock, hunter, and Titan. Hopefully next week’s ‘The Dawning’ event doesn’t disappoint. After I finish up my exams next week I’ll playing that like crazy.

The Binding of Isaac and some Battlefield 1 for me. The new Battlefield game mode 'Conquest Assault' is brilliant, as it emulates the D-day landings. One team storms the beaches, starting with 300 points, but the defending team holds all objectives at the beginning of the game, so that's pretty darn cool.

I recently began FF XV ( my first ever FF) . I'm actually really growing to like it , Noctis is a bit of a rude knob and Prompto is annoying but Gladio and especially Ignis are great characters. Struggling a bit with knowing what's going on with the combat but have now reached rank 21 so hoping it will click soon !

@themcnoisy have you tried Darksiders 2 from the Ps Plus? It’s a pretty fun if generic but it might tide you over till next week @Kyroki Fully agree, the Battlefield dlcs have always been good for me and this keeps up the level of quality

Between a school musical to help with and specialized tests that need correcting, I won’t be doing too much gaming, try to fit in some of the Battlefield 1 new dlc which is great and maybe some AC: Origins if finish early

Super Mario oddsey on the switch. I have to say i have a lot of fun with it . Between BOTW and this i think i love Mario more ... i think its because when i play zelda i just want to explore everything .. only to be killed by guardians or much stronger foes